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114 CHAPTER IV. Factions in castile. — war between france and aragon. — death of henry iv., of castile. 1469—1474. Factions in Castile. — Ferdinand and Isabella. — Gallant Defence ol Perpignan against the French. — Ferdinand raises the Siege. — Isa- bella's Party gains Strength. — Interview between King Henry IV. and Isabella. — The French invade Roussillon. — Ferdinand's sum- mary Justice. — Death of Henry IV., of Castile. — Influence of his Reign. PART I. The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella discon- - certed the operations of the marquis of Villena, or ( Hstiie. as he should be styled, the grand master of St. James, since he had resigned his marquisate to his elder son, on his appointment to the command of the military order above mentioned, a dignity infe- rior only to the primacy in importance. It was determined, however, in the councils of Henry to oppose at once the pretensions of the princess Joanna to those of Isabella ; and an embassy was gladly received from the king of France, offering to the former lady the hand of his brother the duke of Guienne, the rejected suitor of Isabella. Louis the Eleventh was willing to engage his relative in the